coble
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coble
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English cobel; probably of Celtic origin (compare Welsh ceubal, ceubol “skiff, ferryboat”), ultimately from Late Latin caupulus, caupilus “small sailing vessel with a high prow”
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Darling went back to her work in the lighthouse, but Grace remained on the beach until the coble that bore her friend away had passed completely out of sight.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
The accident was seen from the shore, and five men put off in a coble, fitted with air-cases like a life-boat; but she almost immediately turned end over end, and two men were drowned.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by William Chambers
This, after considerable difficulty, William Darling succeeded in doing, when immediately Grace rowed off in the coble, to prevent it being dashed to pieces.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
How boldly he steered the coble across the foaming bar, When the sky was black to the eastward and the breakers white on the scar!
From Literary Byways by William Andrews
The coble was full of precious human beings; but the sea abated none of its fury, that it might ride the more safely.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
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